Jury selection begins for trial of accused Boston bomber’s friend
BOSTON (Reuters) – Jury selection is set to begin on Monday for the trial of the last of three college friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber to face charges relating to a visit the trio made to the suspect’s dorm room three days after the deadl…
As Missouri protests persist, police seek suspects in shootings of two officers
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Police were seeking suspects on Sunday in apparently unrelated shootings of two police officers in and near the Missouri city of Ferguson, and arrested seven of those protesting last month’s shooting death of a black teenager b…
California governor vetoes drone warrant bill
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have placed strict regulations on how law enforcement and other government agencies can use drones, his office said on Sunday.
California governor signs ‘yes means yes’ college sexual assault bill
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a law requiring all state colleges to adopt a policy of unambiguous, affirmative consent by students engaged in sexual activity, part of a nationwide effort to curb sexual assault on U.S. cam…
New Jersey hospital CEO, wife found dead in house fire
(Reuters) – A New Jersey hospital chief executive and his wife were found dead early Sunday following a fire in their home, law enforcement officials said.
Indiana State University student arrested in campus shooting
(Reuters) – Police on Sunday arrested an Indiana State University student on a charge of shooting and wounding another student inside a residence hall on the Terre Haute campus, school officials said.
FAA wants to restore Chicago air traffic site by mid-October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said on Sunday that it has set a target of October 13 to restore to service a Chicago-area air traffic control site that was set ablaze by a field technician, as delays and cancellations contin…
Truck driver in deadly Oklahoma crash told police he was distracted
(Reuters) – The driver of a semi-trailer truck that crashed into a bus, killing four members of a woman’s college softball team from Texas, told police he was distracted just before Friday’s accident on an Oklahoma highway, police said on Sunday.
Man in custody following deaths of woman, girl: Chicago police
(Reuters) – A man who claimed he had harmed his family is in custody on Sunday after police found the bodies of a woman and a female child in a home on Chicago’s northwest side, police said.
Shooting at Miami club leaves 15 hurt, including 11-year-old: police
MIAMI (Reuters) – Police say they don’t yet know the motive for a shooting at a Miami nightclub that injured 15 people, many of them teenagers and one an 11-year-old girl, and resulted in a chaotic scene early Sunday.
